Oakland Nonprofit Debuts Mobile Clinic for Exploited Youth, Hosts Town Hall With Local Leaders

"Dream Youth Clinic in Oakland launched a mobile clinic offering free reproductive health services to teens and young women who've experienced sex trafficking, and it also recently hosted a first-ever town hall providing a forum for girls to speak directly to local leaders. As the Oaklandside reports, the nonprofit Dream Youth Clinic, which formed in 2017, provides medical and reproductive health services for vulnerable girls, young women, and gender-expansive youth in Oakland, primarily those who've experienced sex-trafficking."

"The clinic recently hosted a town hall inviting local leaders, including Oakland Mayor Barbara Lee, Department of Violence Prevention Chief Holly Joshi, Supervisor Nikki Fortunato Bas, and Councilmember Charlene Wang, to hear directly from girls and young women about their experiences surrounding sex-trafficking in Oakland. Per the Oaklandside, the young speakers pushed Mayor Lee and her colleagues to invest in services that focus on prevention, education, and support for survivors of sex trafficking."

"Dr. Aisha Mays founder and CEO of the nonprofit, said the town hall was Oakland's first-ever such event. Our young people are advocating for policy and systems change to put an end to sex trafficking in Oakland and to make our community safer for all of us, said Mays, per the Oaklandside. Our Black youth are making history right here in Oakland by advocating for themselves, telling their truth, and demanding a safer, more informed community, the nonprofit wrote on social media."

Dream Youth Clinic launched a mobile clinic offering free reproductive health services to teens, young women, and gender-expansive youth who experienced sex trafficking. The nonprofit, formed in 2017, provides medical and reproductive care for vulnerable girls and young women in Oakland. The clinic hosted a town hall that invited local leaders including the mayor and city officials to hear directly from girls and young women about trafficking experiences. Young speakers urged investment in prevention, education, and survivor support. Organizers framed human trafficking prevention as a reproductive justice and community responsibility and celebrated youth advocacy and calls for policy change.

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